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 - Plays as AdvertisedThis item works very well but it needs a new instruction book! Setting the presets is really very simple but the poorly translated words were confusing and made it difficult. I had on hand a BIC Beam Box FM-10 indoor antenna which I improves FM reception. AM reception is weak with the small loop antenna provided; I assume that the walls of my home partially block out AM signals. The HDT-1 is just what I wanted, to replace my old AM-FM tuner and match the rest of my old Yamaha system in size and color! I was surprised to see as many as three separate programs on some of the FM stations that can only be heard on HD. Rating:  - Leading from the HeartI found this to be an excellent book. It was the selection of a study group. For those who desire to be leaders, it teaches how to be "a servant leader". I believe everyone who aspires to be a leader should read this book. Amazon delivered the book quickly and in good condition. I was very happy with this book and with Amazon as my source. Rating:  - On the fringe, or product weakness?I am located about 30 miles away from two public radio stations each offering alternative content on one of their HD subchannels. I have a dedicated FM antenna on the roof that works well with analog signals. The Sangean HDT-1 captures the HD signals fairly reliably. Often though, but not always, the HD signal cuts out momentarily, sometimes with such frequency that it is unlistenable. Is this fringe reception in the digital world, poor component design on the part of Sangean (whoever they are), or a manufacturing flaw? Rating: - Excellent HD receiver!Despite some of the flaws mentioned in other reviews concerning surfing through preset stations (that is a mechanical issue; an inconvenience), this HD receiver is excellent. Its sensitivity and capture of HD radio signals is superb. I live 50 miles north of NYC in high terrain and I still receive some of the HD stations locked in! I am using an indoor whip antenna (a marine antenna half the cost of the popular FM whip antenna) routed through a Magnum Signal Sleuth which amplifies, hones in and locks in the HD signal. Many say that amplification does harm to the HD signal and degrades it. Well if I did not have the Signal Sleuth I would not be able to listen to any HD station with perhaps one exception!! I would say that this setup is not perfect but reliable. I receive about 5 HD stations which in turn have "extra" stations HD2, HD3 daisy chained with a fair variety of musical format. What makes me really like this Sangean is that when I turn off the amplification of the Signal Sleuth I am able to pick up yet another NYC HD station! This receiver is that sensitive with an excellent capture ratio. As far as the output being too loud for your receiver, I have not had that happen to me -- the sound level is normal! HD stations sound like "cd" quality and even the regular FM analog signals are clearer and cleaner than through a regular FM receiver. I also have found new FM stations that I did not receive before on my other radios -- I pull stations from CT and NJ and Long Island, too without distortion. To say the least, I am very happy with this receiver and I do own another product Radiosophy's MultiStream HD radio which is also very good but not as good as the Sangean! Go for it you won't be disappointed!!! Rating:  - Fantastic Tuner but Audiophiles beware, February 23, 2007I wonder if Gerald J. Backenstoe, uses a tube preamp, for his evaluation of the Seangean HD radio tuner? If the music is that "bland", it could be the effect of too much transistor!
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